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Krause Publications Announces 2015 Coin of the Year Nominees

November 6, 2014 – Krause Publications, a leading producer of coin and paper money books, magazines, events and online products, has announced the 94 nominees for the “2015 Coin of the Year” awards.

Each year, the awards honor the best in coin design from around the world. The awards will be presented during a ceremony Jan. 31, 2015, at the World Money Fair in Berlin, Germany.

The coins nominated for this year’s awards were released in 2013, and represent the highest achievement in theme, design and marketing from mints and central banks from around the world.

A panel of judges who are authors, editors and numismatists, as well as members of the American Numismatic Association and Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, met Oct. 3 in Iola, Wis., to choose the following nominees from hundreds received from around the world.

These nominees will now be reviewed by an international panel of 80 judges comprised of mint and museum officials, journalists and individual experts. They will choose a winner in each of 10 individual categories. A second round of balloting will select the Coin of the Year from among the category winners.

This year, World Coin News is also giving the public a chance to see if their selections match the judges’ choices. Though the public input will have no impact on the actual winners, the public will have the satisfaction of knowing whether they agree or disagree with the judges’ results. The public can vote online here.

Last year’s COTY winner was a 10-euro silver coin issued by Monnaie de Paris commemorating the works of famous French artist Yves Klein, recognized as one of the most important French artists of the post-war period. The obverse of the .900 silver proof coin shows Klein’s hand coated with his famous International Klein Blue that he is about to apply on a canvas. The reverse depicts the other material Klein used, monochrome materials.Click here to view 2014’s winners, including the Yves Klein coin.

Below are the nominees for the 2015 Krause Publications’ Coin of the Year Awards.